Blackmail

Po was gently resting from his exercise from Mei and Lee. Leo and Tigress were still chasing each other around. What Leo did this time, Po didn't know. Then he heard something. "I WILL COOK YOU ALIVE YOU MISCREANT!" Po jumped at the voice, but he knew who it was. He sighed as he walked over to Tigra and Qiang's room. There when he opened the door, a duck servant ran out for his life. Po looked at Tigra to see the funniest thing in his life. The servant had accidentally spill noodle soup all over her. She was steaming, both from anger and the hot soup. Po shook his head. Poor duck.

"Tigra, don't you think you are a little hot tempered?" Po suggested. Tigra took a deep breath.

"Look at me! Ugh! You're right, Po. I did overreact. I need to calm down," Tigra said surprising Po.

"Wow, you're agreeing with me. That's new," Po said.

"Hey, even my daughter is like this," Tigra said.

"I disagree. Tigress is much calmer than you," Po stated. Then...

"GIVE IT BACK YOU RAT!" Tigress shouted as Leo bursted into the room. Leo kept dodging her using the table.

"Come now, Tigress. It's not that bad! It's just a book!" Leo cried out. Tigress jumped over table. "Yipe!" Leo crawled under the table and ran outside.

"GET BACK HERE YOU RAT!" Tigress yelled. Tigra looked and Po with a smirk.

"No comment," Po muttered. Just then General Lu-yin came in, "Ah general. Finally, someone who DOESN'T have a short fuse. What's new?"

"The soldiers are being trained in the mountains and our scouts confirm that you were right. There have been sightings of Wong-Hu," The one eye tiger replied.

"Good, so about the northern fleet?"

"We're still waiting for the message to come back, but that's not really why I'm here," General Lu-Yin said seriously. He moved Po out of Tigra's room and talked to him in private. "I am worried that with this much timing between these reinforcements that Wong-Hu's men will grow stronger." Po rubbed the back of his head.

"You're right. We still have three more days until the message gets to the North and then another six days back. That's too much time for Wong-Hu," Po muttered. He thought about it for a long time. "Okay, I've got it. How many cannons do you have?"

"We have several factories that manufacture weapons. We have a good number of cannons, but I can order them to make more," the general answered.

"Good, have your men shoot at the top of the mountains to cause avalanches. We can bury them underneath the snow but it probably won't kill them, but it will delay them," Po said.

"But there's a village at the low end of the mountains," the General explained. Po sighed.

"Then we'll have to take the village and make it a fortress. Then we can issue troops from there. Let me see the map," Po asked as the tiger gave it to him.

"You see, the village is at the start of the mountain," General Lu-Yin showed him.

"Okay then, if that's the case, then we'll take the village under our protection and build a fort around it. You see how the mountains are like a fortress on four sides a little. We have to get in that or at least to the top," Po gave the general the map back. "You know what to do. Thank you General." The tiger bowed.

"It's an honor working along side you, honorable Zaber. I wish I had the pleasure of fighting against you when we were still enemies" General Lu-Yin said. Po smiled.

"Me too," He bowed back as the general went away. Just then, Miwa came in. "Hello princess," Po smiled.

"Oh hello Dragon Warrior," Miwa said bowing.

"Just call me Po. So are you looking for Leo?" Po said smiling.

"How did you know?"

"You like him," Po stated as a fact.

"What?! I...um...we...uh, we're just friends," Miwa said blushing to the point that it could be seen despite her orange fur.

"Hmm, I didn't think that tigers' blush could actually be seen," Po observed.

"I'm NOT BLUSHING!" Miwa exclaimed darting her eyes around nervously. She took a deep breath, "Anyways, do you know where Leo is?"

"Last I remembered, Tigress was chasing him about a book," Po said.

"Oh Tigress's journal?" Miwa asked. Po's eyes widened.

"That's why she was chasing him?! Wait, how do you know that it's Tigress's journal?" Po asked.

"We were talking about it when Tigress came in. We didn't look in it, but I'm guessing that Leo used that as blackmail. Probably said that there was a part of Po in there," Miwa thought out loud.

"What do you mean?" Po asked wondering what she meant.

"Well, I guess Leo was lying about the part about you, because we didn't look in it. But if she's chasing him, then there must be a-" Just then she was interrupted by Leo skidding to a stop and charging down the hall they were in.

"Po! I need your help. Just...stand there while get on your head," Leo said quickly scurried onto his head.

"LEO I'LL-" Tigress came to a stop when she saw Po. Leo waved while Tigress composed herself. She cleared her throat, "Um...hello, Dragon Warrior," She said in a dignified manner, "I was just...training Master Leo."

"Master Leo. I like that," Leo said. He heard Tigress growl.

"And he has something of mine," Tigress said menacingly.

"You mean this?" Po asked as he produced her journal. Tigress gasped as she quickly snatched it from Po's hands. Leo was flabbergasted.

"What the- how the- where the- oh forget it. We're done training for today," Leo muttered grumbling.

"Good, come on Leo. There's still part of the palace I want to show you," Miwa said pulling Leo from Po's head and dragged Leo.

"Okay," Leo said with not much of a choice. Po smirked.

"I think Leo's seen all of the palace with you chasing him around, Tigress," Po said. Then he got curious. "So, what's the part about me?"

"YOU READ IT?!" Tigress shouted worried and shocked.

"No," Po said holding up his hands in defense, "Miwa just told me that Leo was going to blackmail you with it. Leo was at first bluffing, but then when you were chasing after him, he guessed that there was actually a part about me." Tigress cursed under her breath.

"It's...um...personal," Tigress said nervously. Po's face sank, "It's nothing bad about you. I just don't feel comfortable sharing it."

"Oh, okay. Well, we're going to moving the troops soon, so Lee and I may not be here tomorrow," Po informed.

"I could go with you," Tigress offered.

"It's alright. We'll only be a little while. See you," Po said waving her off. Tigress stood there waving slowly back. Then she heard Leo in the hall behind her.

"Love, Love Love, Love," He sang. Tigress growled lowly as she just walked away.

to be continued